so ... how do i get a graphical boot?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, Florian La Roche wrote:

(regarding my query about getting a graphical boot ...)

> You need the "rhgb" boot option, otherwise it is not enabled.

ok, that certainly wasn't obvious from perusing the early startup
files.  what looks like the relevant excerpt from /etc/rc.sysinit:

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RHGB_STARTED=0
mount -n -t devpts /dev/pts /dev/pts

if ! fgrep -q nogui /proc/cmdline && [ "$BOOTUP" = "color" -a "$GRAPHICAL" 
= "yes" -a -x /usr/bin/rhgb ]; then
   /usr/bin/rhgb
   RHGB_STARTED=1
fi

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  since i don't see any check for a boot-line "rhgb", but there is a
check for "nogui", is it then the kernel itself that is checking for
the "rhgb" string on the command line?  or, more to the point, where
does that "rhgb" boot option kick in?  just being nitpicky, as usual.

rday